Banda

Banda is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, specifically in the Bundelkhand region. Today, it has a population of 154,428 people.

History
Banda was founded during the early Middle Ages in northern India, and it was a rival of the city of Kanpur in the Imperial Age. The city was destroyed by Kanpur after a siege, and it was to be the location of sieges by the Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and the Sur Empire; Sher Shah Suri was mortally wounded while besieging Banda in 1545. By the mid-19th century, it was a poverty-stricken town, and it fought alongside the rebels in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. Today, it has a population of 154,428, with 77.73% being Hindu, 21.26% Muslim, and 1.01% Sikh, Jain, Christian, or other faiths.